Recycling

Gettysburg College has been home to successful recycling programs since the early 1980s. Since then, the College has won national and regional awards for its recycling program. To increase the ease of recycling, Gettysburg College has recently switched to a single-stream recycling program. This system allows for increased convenience, as it is no longer necessary to sort between aluminum, paper, glass, and plastic recycling bins. Additionally, each student residence is equipped with trash cans and recycling bins for increased student accessibility.

Very simply, any paper, plastic, metal, or glass can be placed into the recycling bins around campus as single-stream recycling.

Items not included in single-stream recycling may be recycled in designated locations across campus:

Batteries: place in the collection box next to the mailroom in the CUB

Printer Cartridges: envelopes located at the mailroom in the CUB

Bubble wrap and packing peanuts: return to the mailroom in the CUB

Plastic Bags: Bin located in the CUB

Fluorescent Light Bulbs: Tube-style and Compact Fluorescents (CFLs) can be brought to the Central Energy Plant for recycling